Reviews by timmos1:

Yep. This is a sweet beer. Deal with it. Unlike many other reviewers, I don't expect every beer I drink to be hoppy or bitter. It's nice to have a Sweet malt beer sometimes and this doesn't disappoint there. For me it goes down easy and tastes better as it warms up. Great for in the winter sitting at a pub on a cold evening. Malty sweet dark tasty scotch import. I was lucky to get it on tap during beer week. I'll have one more please! 7.0 abv hits you aftershock.

More User Reviews:

Poured more of a deep brown than black,when held up to the light light it did show thru the whole glass,a thinner light mocha colored head atop.Aromas were very light wich suprised me a little,a bit of iron and chocolate mainly.The moufeel was execellent though,full and creamy almost like a marshmellow in my mind.Full on chocolate on the palate with a tinge of earth,the alcohol is well hidden,the creamy feel and well hidden alcohol makes for a very easy drinker.A very nice "bigger" stout,it lacks a little but is nice to drink.

Another late addition to the LCBO's fall (winter?) lineup. Picked up at the Uptown Waterloo LCBO.

Poured into a nonic glass. Nearly-black, with only the faintest hints of chocolate brown when held to the light. Solid mocha head, recedes into a sturdy ring. Packets of lacing grace the glass throughout the tasting session.

A fairly tasty stout, lots going on here. Coffee and roasted malts at the forefront. Finishes with a slightly sour bite, but this is challenged with a long chocolate-caramel finish. Admittedly, the flavor gets somewhat weaker as the beer is allowed to sit and ponder its own diminishing existence. Slightly watery, in fact. Nevertheless, this is a sweet, flavorful stout.

Mouthfeel is thin for a stout, decent carbonation at first, but things flatten considerably over time. Somewhat gritty near the finish.

Despite any detractions I might have said about the mouthfeel and such, I'm very much enjoying Belhaven Scottish Stout. There's so much flavor here that, even after things weaken after a while, there's still enough going on to satisfy the discerning beer palate. To avoid this problem in the future, I might have to drink this one faster next time. Fine by me.

A: Pours with a dark tan head over a pitch black, opaque body. The head slowly fades to a light covering and ring, leaving

Aroma: Medium and dark roasted malts with some raisins, other dark dried fruits, toffee and chocolate. Sweet and inviting.

T: Lots of dark malt flavors with a strong suggestion of chocolate and a hint of coffee. Starts sweet and is very mildly bitter by the mid-aftertaste. A little dark sweet fruit flavor with a faint touch of smoke and peat. . M: Full and somewhat thick but not syrupy; Smooth; Medium carbonation is a bit lively for the style.

(Served in a nonic) A- This beer has an obsidian black dense body with a creamy light tan head that last a good bit then fades to a thin ring of bubbles. It is a too dense to see any carbonation. S- The aroma of chocolate malt and peat smoke blend together with some more roasted malt notes and diacetyl buttery hints in the finish. T- The thin chocolate malt taste has some caramel malt notes and a peat smoke flavor underneath. There are some melanoidin chocolate nougat flavor with some cola notes in the finish. M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with a watery texture and a bit of a fizzy finish. There is no alcohol heat noted. D- This beer was interesting and sounded very promising on the label. However it was a bit thin and water but the flavor that was there was nice. The melanoidin character was a bit to strong and the hops bosed about on the label didn't show up in the beer.

Inky black in colour, topped by an inch of fairly well-retained mocha head that sticks to the walls of my tulip in small splotches. It smells of dried fruit, like raisins or cherries, and brown sugar; hints of chocolate and coffee also linger in the background. It has a wonderful bittersweet and tangy flavour reminiscent of sweetened black coffee. That dried fruit character is there as well, along with notes of chocolate, caramel, and a hint of smoke. That tangy taste starts to take on a life of its own as it approaches room temperature, becoming vinuous and vaguely reminiscent of madeira. The potency of this strong stout is very well hidden, the alcohol is barely noticeable to the palate.

Medium bodied with velvety carbonation, it feels smooth yet also relatively light for something so richly flavoured. A little bit more heft wouldn't hurt it, but it's pretty hard to nitpick when something tastes so damned good. This is fine just the way it is. I like it a lot just the way it is. Full flavoured yet mellow. Great beer!